fustet

[fuh-stet] /fʌˈstɛt/

noun

the smoke tree, Cotinus coggygria.

Also called young fustic. the dyewood of this tree.

Origin of fustet

French

Provençal

Spanish

1815-1825

1815-25; < French < Provençal < Spanish fustete, by association with fuste stick. See fustic

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fustet, fus′tet, n. the smoke-tree or Venetian sumach, or its wood.

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